Agriculture

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is issuing a consumer advisory for Jack & The Green Sprouts brand alfalfa after routine testing found a package contained salmonella.
Ag census shows number of Minn. farms holds stable
The traditional family farm is getting more scarce and large farms are producing more and more of our food. That's one of the findings of the 2007 Census of Agriculture, released today by the U.S. Agriculture Department. But the census also indicates there's still hope for smaller operations.
Iowa slaughterhouse manager faces charges
Nearly a thousand new charges have been filed in the state's prosecution of alleged child labor violations at a northeast Iowa kosher meatpacking plant.
Federal food safety officials say 85 food companies have purchased peanut products from the Georgia facility under investigation in the latest salmonella outbreak.
Minnesota farmer is attached to his yak
A central Minnesota farmer has a steady niche business with yak. John Hooper of Cold Spring has the largest herd of the long-haired bovine in the eastern half of the country.